Patents by Inventor Barry P. Pham

Barry P. Pham has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230060985
    Abstract: A single flex double-sided electrode useful in a continuous glucose monitoring sensor. In one example, a counter electrode is placed on the back-side of the flex and a work electrode is placed on the top-side of the sensor flex. The electrode is fabricated on physical vapor deposited metal deposited on a base substrate. Adhesion of the electrode to the base substrate is carefully controlled so that the electrode can be processed on the substrate and subsequently removed from the substrate after processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Akhil Srinivasan, Barry P. Pham, Robert C. Mucic, Tyler R. Wong
  • Patent number: 11583213
    Abstract: A single flex double-sided electrode useful in a continuous glucose monitoring sensor. In one example, a counter electrode is placed on the back-side of the flex and a work electrode is placed on the top-side of the sensor flex. The electrode is fabricated on physical vapor deposited metal deposited on a base substrate. Adhesion of the electrode to the base substrate is carefully controlled so that the electrode can be processed on the substrate and subsequently removed from the substrate after processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Akhil Srinivasan, Barry P. Pham, Robert C. Mucic, Tyler R. Wong
  • Publication number: 20220054057
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes electrode compositions formed from processes that sputter metal in a manner that produces pillar architectures. Embodiments of the invention can be used in analyte sensors having such electrode architectures as well as methods for making and using these sensor electrodes. A number of working embodiments of the invention are shown to be useful in amperometric glucose sensors worn by diabetic individuals. However, the metal pillar structures have wide ranging applicability and should increase surface area and decrease charge density for catalyst layers or electrodes used with sensing, power generation, recording, and stimulation, in vitro and/or in the body, or outside the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Akhil Srinivasan, Melissa Tsang, Robert C. Mucic, Tyler R. Wong, Rui Kong, Barry P. Pham
  • Patent number: 11134868
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes electrode compositions formed from processes that sputter metal in a manner that produces pillar architectures. Embodiments of the invention can be used in analyte sensors having such electrode architectures as well as methods for making and using these sensor electrodes. A number of working embodiments of the invention are shown to be useful in amperometric glucose sensors worn by diabetic individuals. However, the metal pillar structures have wide ranging applicability and should increase surface area and decrease charge density for catalyst layers or electrodes used with sensing, power generation, recording, and stimulation, in vitro and/or in the body, or outside the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Medtronic MiniMed, Inc.
    Inventors: Akhil Srinivasan, Melissa Tsang, Robert C. Mucic, Tyler R. Wong, Rui Kong, Barry P. Pham
  • Publication number: 20190239778
    Abstract: A single flex double-sided electrode useful in a continuous glucose monitoring sensor. In one example, a counter electrode is placed on the back-side of the flex and a work electrode is placed on the top-side of the sensor flex. The electrode is fabricated on physical vapor deposited metal deposited on a base substrate. Adhesion of the electrode to the base substrate is carefully controlled so that the electrode can be processed on the substrate and subsequently removed from the substrate after processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Akhil Srinivasan, Barry P. Pham, Robert C. Mucic, Tyler R. Wong
  • Publication number: 20190008425
    Abstract: The invention disclosed herein includes electrode compositions formed from processes that sputter metal in a manner that produces pillar architectures. Embodiments of the invention can be used in analyte sensors having such electrode architectures as well as methods for making and using these sensor electrodes. A number of working embodiments of the invention are shown to be useful in amperometric glucose sensors worn by diabetic individuals. However, the metal pillar structures have wide ranging applicability and should increase surface area and decrease charge density for catalyst layers or electrodes used with sensing, power generation, recording, and stimulation, in vitro and/or in the body, or outside the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.
    Inventors: Akhil Srinivasan, Melissa Tsang, Robert C. Mucic, Tyler R. Wong, Rui Kong, Barry P. Pham